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When Family Comes to Visit, Travel to Ireland

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November 2, 2017

This past study week, or should I say travel week, was a time to remember! Canterbury is a place that I have had the pleasure to call home for a couple of months, and the past week it truly became home with the help of my family coming to visit. Being able to show them around and enjoy the little things with them made Canterbury feel a little more like home. Not only did we explore Canterbury, but we also got the chance to travel to Ireland. Something that both my family and I have been dreaming to do for a while. It was always somewhere I have wanted to visit, and luckily I got the opportunity to make my dream come true. Dublin, Ireland can now be crossed off my bucket list.

When one looks up Dublin, you see the advertisements for The Guinness Storehouse or Temple Bar, but I have learned that it is not about all that. Yeah, those are tourist attractions that everyone is going to ask if you went to when you return home, but really the sights to see are the coastlines and the county sides. Places like Wicklow Mountains and the Giant's Causeway are breath taking and sights that will never be forgotten.

Though I did not want my time to end with my family in Ireland, I learned that Canterbury can be like a second home, if you open yourself up to new experiences, and take in the true beauty of the opportunity you have at hand.